Extraordinary Sailing

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two male dragonmen who are more than two meters tall and can be called burly among the dragon veins group, went into battle shirtless and raised their drumsticks to beat the thunder cowhide drum erected on the boulder altar.

The thunderous drums spread far and wide across the entire oasis, and even the lingering sound still reverberated in the vast desert for a long time, and even the weird sound-absorbing properties didn't work for it.

In this huge oasis of 5,000 square kilometers, there are about 2,000 dragon people living.

Although the land of the same size is at least enough to support more than 30,000 humans, but because of the terrible consumption rate of resources by the dragon people, for them, this place has almost reached the limit of their supporting capacity.

The key is.

The dragon people living here do not have the conditions for human voyages. Even if the resources are insufficient, they can continue to open up to the edge of the known world to discover and plunder more land and resources.

Even if there are other scattered small groups scattered throughout the vast "Forgotten Desert", every dragonman knows it very well. Under the premise of being unable to leave [Hades], their resource limit has been completely locked, and this is their last home!

And the gift from the gods is their only hope.

Including: power (purification of blood), expansion of oasis (water source), knowledge (agriculture, medicine, breeding)

Therefore, in this piece of [Underworld], which is a forbidden area for most creatures, all the focus of production and life of the dragon people revolves around how to sacrifice to please the gods.

I don't know if this design was intentional by that god at the beginning. In short, every dragonman here is the most devout believer.

Of course, although there are no foreign enemies, it does not mean that their strength is not strong.

Dragon people are similar to the direct descendants of the royal families of various countries in the material world. Most people can naturally grow to the second level of extraordinary after they reach adulthood, but the third level is still extremely difficult as a threshold.

And they don't have the inheritance of human knights, and they have changed to the path of will after the third level.

Dragon people benefit from blood but are also limited by blood. The growth of strength mainly depends on two indicators of talent and age. Third-order extraordinary is also rare here.

After all, even a pure-blooded shadow dragon is only a fourth-order adult, and a sub-dragon sea dragon is only a third-order adult, let alone a group of low-level dragonmen who have been infected with many dragon veins?

With drums echoing.

The crowd of worshipers has gradually gathered near the huge stone altar in the center of the city. This is a grand ceremony held every spring and autumn, and no one dares to neglect it.

The arrival of this final moment came sooner than An Qi had expected at the beginning.

It was because the original sacrificial ceremony had already been prepared, and it was only by accident that she, an intruder, became the main course of the sacrificial ceremony.

Not far from the altar, there is a relatively clean rock cell guarded by a female dragonman holding an obsidian spear.

An Qi gently picked up a clay pot containing precious clear water, which was the only supply she had as the finale offering, but instead of drinking it, she slowly poured it on the roots of three small plants in the corner superior.

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These are three herbaceous plants, about thirty centimeters high. The stems are straight and rough purple-brown, with oval-shaped plump green leaves and bell-shaped blue-purple flowers, which look similar to ordinary ornamental plants.

But An Qi looked at them as if she was looking at priceless treasures.

This plant called [Gentian Grass] is indeed just an ordinary plant in essence, and it is widely distributed throughout the material world.

But they have an unusual and highly targeted effect.

For dragon vein creatures, it is a natural stimulant and tonic. It is widely used in the human world. The khat grass native to the southern continent and the coca leaf from the new continent have similar effects.

It is also widely used by dragon people as an auxiliary material for making tobacco leaves or brewing wine. Because of the strong physical resistance of dragon veins, ordinary things in nature cannot achieve the effect of stimulating them, and the assistance of this special plant is necessary.

But it is this characteristic that An Qi, who has lost her "magic pocket" and has limited means, regards it as her last chance.

After she found two dust-like seeds in the cracks of the prison's bricks, she quickly began to catalyze and cultivate them and induce mutations while the guards who came to patrol regularly were not paying attention.

At first.

An Qi can make the flowers of the entire garden bloom instantly when she just switched to the "Tree of Life Meditation Idea". During the apprenticeship stage, she can use [Spell-like Resuscitation] to cultivate the [Wizard Flytrap] in a very short period of time. A powerful supernatural plant.

After being promoted to a full-fledged wizard, she gained two strands of spiritual origin benefits, and her current ability is even more different than before.

With one afternoon and one night, she has made the first two seeds multiply for hundreds of generations, and the concentration and penetration of an alkaloid as the main active ingredient has increased by nearly a thousand times.

Even if it is just a raw material that has not been artificially purified, it has been turned into a poison that only targets dragon veins.

If it wasn't for [Gentian Grass] being completely under her control and not allowing the smell to escape, it might have attracted the attention of the third-rank female dragon woman not far from the cell at this time.

No matter how strong the mundane plant poison is, it is impossible to injure a supernatural creature of this level.

The last three [Gentian Grass] withered automatically after they matured, and the seeds were collected by An Qi immediately.

Their seeds are tiny, with a thousand-grain weight of only about 24 mg.

At this time, she has collected a total of 100,000 pills in her hands, but the total weight is actually less than 3 grams. They are hidden in the small hidden pocket transformed from "venom" on her body, and no one else can find them at all.

It is also her last hope of saving herself.

An Qi firmly believed that the teacher must have been looking for her own way at this time, and she didn't want Aiwen to find only a corpse in the end, even after being sacrificed, there was no corpse at all.

That would be pathetic.

suddenly.

Bang——

Two female dragonmen opened the door and walked in, put down a stone trough filled with clear water, and threw a white linen robe to An Qi, with a solemn voice:

"Sacrifice! Wash yourself and put on this dress. If you don't cooperate, we will help you yourself."

As the only two third-order dragonmen in the Great Oasis, they are also the chief and deputy leaders with the highest status.

Andreas, the Neptune Dragon, and Leoni, the Storm Dragon, had already put on gorgeous sacrificial attire, and climbed to the top of the boulder altar early.

In the big oasis, men, women, old and young also put on the most solemn costumes, and waited solemnly in the square in front of the altar.

The originally dim sun in the sky now seemed brighter.

Because the dragon people took on part of the responsibilities of managers of [Hades], the relationship with those black cliff eagle shamans is similar to the relationship between the federal government and the state government. Temporarily adjusting the brightness is just a basic exercise.

The price is that those ghosts who can only wander in the boundless "forgotten desert" are more painful in the sun.

As the shadow of the sundial gradually moved, the leader Andreas, who was staring at this place, struck the gong at hand vigorously.

Clang——

The sacrificial ceremony officially began.

The raging flames had already been ignited, and all the sacrifices were respectfully sent to the boulder altar by the dragon people. There were carefully selected grains, live cattle, melons and fruits, but there was nothing non-renewable.

And as the finale of this sacrifice.

After taking a bath, Angel's long silver hair was scattered behind her back, and she was only wearing a pure white linen robe. His hands were locked again by bronze manacles engraved with mantras, and he knelt on a huge gold plate with bare white feet.

Four tall female dragon warriors solemnly raised them above their heads, walked through the wide avenue among the crowd, and sent them all the way to the altar.

Under the bright sunshine, the pure 15-year-old girl's whole body seemed to be shrouded in a hazy layer of holy light.

The residents of the Great Oasis raised their heads and enthusiastically paid attention to the holy lamb that was about to be sacrificed to the gods.

However, in their eyes, what they see is not the lovely and innocent girl, but everything they desire for this year's water source, harvest, and healthy growing offspring.

Living in the [underworld], the dragon people who are not materially rich have no extra compassion for other irrelevant people. Anyway, it is others who sacrifice, and they are the ones who enjoy the benefits, right?

Even the wounded Dorok, who was rescued by An Qi just yesterday, had the same expression on his face as the people around him.

at this time.

But no one noticed that the white cloth robe on the girl seemed to be a little more delicate than the normal level of craftsmanship in the oasis. No one even noticed that as the gold plate moved, there were countless fine particles scattered with the wind along the way, covering the entire square for worship.

Kneeling on the gold plate, An Qi looked like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of others, her eyes were fixed on the fanatical crowd, but her face was expressionless.

During this time, the third-tier female dragon-born named Leoni sat outside the cell the whole time, without giving her any chance.

However, when the crowd gathers, the effect of using [Gentian Grass] may be better.

Some time ago, An Qi spent a whole day in places like military camps and pirate groups. Under her influence, the defense network of these dragon people was no different from that of primitive people in her eyes.

As long as large-scale chaos can be created and the two third-orders can't take care of themselves, with the top-end version of the "Venom" armor on her body, she is also confident that she can escape here safely.

After all, no matter how strict and sophisticated the defense system is, there may be unexpected loopholes if it is not tested in actual combat, not to mention that these companies may have learned from the Atrians in their formation.

The dragon people's sacrificial ceremony starts on time regardless of anyone's will.

An Qi didn't yell or yell, she behaved very docilely, quietly waiting for that opportunity.

A dragon vein warlock stepped onto the altar, holding a magic book covered with fine scales, and chanted prayers loudly:

"Holy! The black dragon, the ancestor of the dragon veins, the noble dragon king Nidhogg who guards [Styx]"

The powerful magic book "Dragon Covenant", in addition to being the core of the sacrificial ceremony, also records the names, habits, preferences, and public seals of some powerful dragons (that is, fourth-order after adulthood) that exist in the world. deed.

As the chanting progressed, a grand and solemn atmosphere enveloped the altar, and the orange-red flames began to scurry, as if there were messy winds gathering here from all directions.

at this time.

Everyone has already knelt down on one knee and lowered their heads deeply, even the guardians of the altar and the two powerful leaders of Tier 3 are no exception.

Probably because of An Qi's cooperative attitude, no one thought that the cooked duck could fly.

"Chance!"

An Qi's cold big eyes lighted up slightly, and the seemingly simple cloth robe on her body spread across her whole body quickly without wind, and in the blink of an eye, it had already turned into a close-fitting dark blue "venom" armor.

In addition to the functions of integrated strength increase, venom sword, venom armor, automatic repair, low-level intelligence, strain language, etc., it also has a powerful life support system and mimicry ability, which can be flexibly transformed into various clothing and equipment.

The original linen robe was decomposed by the "venom" long ago, and turned into a robe.

Subsequently, the accumulation of "venom" on both wrists "sworded" turned into a twister.

Click!

The bronze shackles that suppressed supernatural abilities snapped.

While An Qi's petite figure gradually disappeared into the air, the power that was restrained by the chains had been restored.

flo——

An Qi's eyes sparkled spiritually, and she uttered a curse containing infinite vitality without mercy.

【Witchcraft · Activated Plant】

The invisible light waves spread rapidly around the altar.

Blossoming.

So close to the sound of flowers blooming.

Clump after cluster of brightly colored modified [gentian grass] grew from every draconian's side, and many even took root on someone's clothes.

In an instant, the front of the altar has turned into a sea of ​​blue-purple flowers!

A strange aroma almost filled every corner of the big oasis.

sniff

"What's the smell?"

The two leaders with the keenest sense of smell suddenly raised their heads and looked down.

next moment.

"Hahaha, the deputy leader Leoni belongs to me!!!"

With a wild cry from under the altar, the prelude to the riot suddenly kicked off.

"I am the true God!"

"Ah! Go to hell!"

"Don't come over, help, it's cold, it's so cold!"

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